NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 10

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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The Marlboroufih Club was fortunate to get its meeting over before the flood arrived. The Ashburton Meeting, eet down for Friday and Saturday, has been put Qff a week on account of the weather. That will bring it closer to North Otago and Dunedin. The holding going at Egmont yesterday was all in favour of the light weights. Lad'j Memwee and Tinohari, who ran first and eecond in the lightweight division' of the Telegraph Handicap, wore both on the 7.2 mark, and within_ 21b of the minimum weight. Lady Merriwee is by Prince Meriwee from Lady Bobs, and is a half sister to Miss Muriel (by Lucullus), a successful performer in the South. Lady Meriwee is raced by her breeder. Mr". J. D. Kemp, who raced Prince Meriwee and other members of the family with success. The runner up, Tinohari, is by Loi-d Multifld from a St. Crispin mare, and her breeding suggests that she was bred in the Waikato district. Lady Merriwee scored her first win yesterday. The announceemnt, originating from Wanganui, that Captain Jingle. the Grand National winner of 1912, changed hands recently at £5. is contradicted by the gelding's owner, Mr. J. Hennah. As a matter of fact, some eight or ninu years ago, when "the Captain's" turf career was ended, Mr. Hennah went to the expense of getting him back from Sydney and then shipped him to Gisborne, committing him to the'care of Mr. James Turn'oull. of Povert" Bay, a Wall-known sportsman, who had proffered to give the old horse a good home for the rest of his days. Some eight or nine months ago Mr. Tumbull, having cold his farm, informed Mr. Hennah that, having himself no place to keep the horse—then some 20 years old and growing diectfetfi ti —a;nd not' likfng; to trust him with strangers by whom ho might not be very well used, he had had an end put to his life. ; Mr. G. D. Greenwood's yearling colt by Demosthenes from Scotch Light, purchased in Sydney last month, has been named Haze. The Wellington-owned Alabama did not start in the heavyweight division of the Telegraph Handicap at Egmont yesterday. Lady Gliasas, who led the field home, is one of the Australian importations to Auckland, and this was her first success in three seasons. She is well bred, by imported Flippant from Glissas_, an imported mare by William the Third. Loved One, whose backers got second dividend, is trained at New Plymouth, and was among the" winners at Stratford at New Year time. Loved ) One is one of the hardy Marble Arch tribe. Alaric was among those withdrawn, and it looks as if he will be raced by his new owner on the other side. Wrangle is said to be the first horse ever scratched by radio telegram. Wrangle's owner, Mr. Harold Brown, who has been in Australia, for about three months racing Still Sea, Wrangle, and Spook, let on his return to New Zealand last week. He overlooked the fact that Wrangle was weighted for a couple of races at Moorefield. and subsequestly cent a wireless message to scratch the "horse. Mr. Brown's horses did not achieve a great deal of success on the trip. Wrajjcle and Spook each won a race, but Still Sea had to be content with minor placings. Wrangle and Spook were left in Australia for sale, but Still Sea goes back to the Dominion to be spelled. Tinokaha and White Ranger, winner and^ruimer up in the Tongahoe Hurdles at Kgmont yesterday, are both engagod in tha Century Hurdles at Wanganui with 71b less than they carried .yesterday. Tinokaha is liabel to be rehandicapped. He i 3 on» of tha useful Quin'Abbey tribe, from a Freedom mare. White Ranger (Forempst^-Bmsholis) will have a chance of reversing positions with his opponent. He was a few seasons back a well known and successful competitor up the coast. At the beginning of the aeasoa before last h e won a hunters' hurdle race at New Plymouth, and in the spring at Wangamii won the first day, beating Gladful, and on the eecond failed to give some weight to Hyginas. then at the top of his form. In November, 1920, White Ranger and his trainer were disqualified for four years, and he made his reappearance in yesterday's race. Mr. N. B. Lusk, who has been appointed handicapper to the Dunedin Jockey Club, is a farmer in the Te Kuiti district and a brother to Mr. R. B. Lusk the well-known racecourse judge. Big Push is a great mud lark, and in the open sprint (Tonks Memorial) at Egmont yesterday he beat everything except Sir Burnett (Quin Abbey—OrpheJin), who won in holding going at Takapuna and was placed at other places where the track was not at its best. Whipcord and War Loan, winner and runner-up in the Egmont Steeplechase, were similarly placed in the Westmere Hurdles at Wanganui on Cup day. Whipcord was placed in steeplechase events at Riccarton and Marton early in the season. Since then he has been kept in form by being raced on the flat and over hurdles. He is one of Sir George Clifford's breeding by San Francisco— Whiplash, dam of Avispado (by Winkie), a winner in the South recently. -Whipcord and War Loan are both in the Wanganui Steeplechase. The first-named is liable to be rehandicapped. Like White Ranger, Paul Moore (St. Paul—Maggie Moore), winner of the Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase, has been off the scene for a long time. He ran third to Master Webster and Polthogue in the same event five years ago. Prior to that he won hurdle races at Taranalu and at Awapuni. San Forte (Guianforte —Lady San), who filled second place, was one of those in with the minimum weight. He won a Maiden Hunters' Steeplechase at Taranaki at the beginning of the season. The imported horse Great Fun ran third in the Tongahoo Hurdles at Egmont yesterday. Considering the stats of the going, and that it was his first appearance in public, the result may be regarded as very satisfactory from his owner's point of view. With another race at Wanganui, Great Fun should play a prominent part in the decision of events in the North. He proved a stayer by winning a three miles hurdle race in England. Mr. Angus Gordon, who acted as stipendiary steward for both galloping and trotting events at Blenheim, returned to Auckland yesterday. He is coming South to officiate at the North Otago a,nd Dunedin Meetings.